Abstract
Asymmetrical cascaded bridge multilevel converters use voltage sources of different magnitudes to generate a higher number of levels. However, the availability of sources of different ratings feeding the bridges is a limitation. This article overcomes such a limitation by utilizing the concept of capacitor voltage balancing using the level doubling network (LDN) principle in the space-vector plane. With the use of optimal asymmetry, the presented topology can generate 43 levels at the output line voltage by using only 12 switches per phase. Hence, the most notable attribute of the presented topology is that it does not require isolated auxiliary power supplies to develop such a high-resolution output voltage. LDNs in this topology are self-balanced, and the auxiliary full-bridges require a closed-loop controller to balance their dc bus capacitor voltage. To validate the proposed concept, MATLAB simulations and experimental results are presented in this article.
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